Quote by Alice Meynell
Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlet

Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. – Alice Meynell

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